GADDIS, William. A Frolic of His Own. London: Viking. 1994. Thick 8vo. First British edition, first printing. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket based on the Hell aspect of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. This copy signed and dated in the year of publication to the title page, in the author’s usual shaky later hand. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the textblock a trifle scuffed at bottom edge. The contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (£16.00) and fine.
Mr. Difficult’s fourth and final novel published in his lifetime, and winner of the National Book Award. Like much of his other work, Gaddis deals, overtly and covertly, brashly and subtly, with ‘the behemoth of the law and servant and warrior of the century: money’. This British first uncommon, especially so inscribed by Gaddis—he died only four years later.
GADDIS, William. A Frolic of His Own. London: Viking. 1994. Thick 8vo. First British edition, first printing. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket based on the Hell aspect of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. This copy signed and dated in the year of publication to the title page, in the author’s usual shaky later hand. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the textblock a trifle scuffed at bottom edge. The contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (£16.00) and fine.
Mr. Difficult’s fourth and final novel published in his lifetime, and winner of the National Book Award. Like much of his other work, Gaddis deals, overtly and covertly, brashly and subtly, with ‘the behemoth of the law and servant and warrior of the century: money’. This British first uncommon, especially so inscribed by Gaddis—he died only four years later.
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